The November HIT Standards Committee focused on “asynchronous bilateral cutover” – the compatibility of different CCDA payloads, healthcare IT that supports long term services and support, an update on the Standards & Interoperability projects, a discussion of data provenance efforts, and the HITSC workgroup organization.
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The Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate and their additional seats picked up in the U.S. House should not disrupt, and could actually benefit, the…
Clinicians want two things from data. On an individual patient level, they need to be able to see the data whenever and wherever they want – in a clean at-a-glance format and with essentially zero lag time.
By Ric Sinclair – At the MGMA Annual Conference in October, Cindy Welch joined me in a presentation to talk about how she overcame challenges that virtually every practice faces today—including higher co-payments, HDHPs, uninsured patients, inaccurate insurance information, staff’s reluctance to ask patients for money, and patients’ reluctance to pay.
We are pleased to publish Health IT Enabled Quality Improvement: A Vision to Achieve Better Health and Health Care. This paper describes ONC’s vision for…
The recent uproar over Ebola brought HIPAA in emergency situations to the forefront when it comes to what information may be shared and when. The various healthcare facilities that treated Ebola patients were constantly grilled for updates on patients as well as information relating to the movements and other activities of those patients.
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor The job and career opportunities in health information technology (HIT) continue to grow, even though…
One of the ways that HITECH Answers is different from other media sites is the sense of community. The thought leaders in our community are…
New to Direct messaging? Here are some recommendations on what to do – and what not to do – with a Direct messaging address. Direct…